Gert Jonke

Gert Friedrich Jonke (8 February 1946 – 4 January 2009) was an Austrian poet, playwright and novelist.

After he served his mandatory military service, he continued his studies at the College of Music and Representative Art in Vienna in the Film and Television Department.

He became friends with the writers' circle of Graz, a centre of the Austrian literary avant garde of the time.

The book received a positive review by Peter Handke in Der Spiegel.

He then lived for a year in London, followed by extensive travels throughout the Middle East and South America.